New Orleans Magazine, December 1st, 2007
WITH POYDRAS THE PARROT
A MONTHLY PURSUIT OF ANSWERS TO ETERNAL QUESTIONS
Dear Julia,
I am trying to find out any information you can give me on a paddleboat of which I believe my grandfather Frank Gatti Sr. was part owner. It was maybe called Greater New Orleans or Theater New Orleans and might have been docked at the Esplanade wharf around 1934. The Internet was no help on this but I'm hoping Julia and Poydras will be!
Julie Gatti Lofaso
METAIRIE
The Internet? Ha! Poydras says it will never catch on.
The stern-wheel steamboat Greater New Orleans bore a number of different names and ha...
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